The last hustle in the smash hit movie “American Hustle,” involves former U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler. The FBI videotaped politicians as they were offered bribes by a fictional Middle Eastern sheik in return for political favors.

A U.S. senator and six members of the U.S. House of Representatives were convicted of accepting these bribes.

Sen. Larry Pressler was the only politician who rejected the corrupt bribe. His bribe was $50,000, which is like $300,000 in today’s currency.

Pressler is the only one of the seven not mentioned in the movie. The reason I express this information is the issue of integrity, which often is a missing element in politics. Pressler is running for the Senate again, but this time as a one-term independent.

Like so many of us, Pressler is fed up with partisan hats who spend too much time raising money for the next election instead of carrying out a U.S. senator’s duly-elected job.